Ivy day 2026

[Anonymous]

I'm excited for the relief of the guessing being over. Not sure how we will process the outcome, but at least no more sitting and waiting.

Wishing everyone ease and grace today.

[Anonymous]

Son got a likely letter from Columbia and I'm wondering if that will FOR SURE translate into an acceptance today. I hope so! I've encouraged him not to count is as a done deal until he hears today.

[Anonymous]

Realistically speaking chances to get into Ivy League schools is low for everyone (including exceptional students). I just want my kid to be admitted or rejected and no wait listed. Placing someone on a wait list at ives means 99.99% rejection, however the kid will still have a hope that might negatively influence him/her. The admission process was long, stressful and last thing we want is to hope for another month that a miracle will happen.

[Anonymous]

Stanford needs to consider moving their decision date. The pain is over but not quite over after tonight for some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was lucky to be admitted to a T10 through ED and is very grateful, but sometimes wonders what it would’ve been like to compare schools and open RD decisions. They spent a lot of time on the Ivy RD apps and wonder what their decisions would have been. Any advice? I don’t want them feeling dissatisfied with their current school commitment.

My older kid went through this too. Admitted ED1 to top choice but still wondered about that Ivy where they were a legacy.

It will pass. Have your kid go to admitted student weekend. Once mine did that, they got excited and didn't look back. Also all their friends had their Ivy hopes dashed on Ivy day so that helped a lot too.

Get your kid to focus on their school.

Kind of brutal there

Yes, Ivy Day is quite brutal.

For my kid, it helped them to see that they probably would have been in the same boat with dashed hopes and helped them feel better about not going that route.

[Anonymous]

Good luck all, it’s a lot at once. Mine applied to 7, got into 1, waitlisted at 3, rejected 3. All the “bad” outweighed any positive for them initially. It’s hard to process it all in such quick succession.

[Anonymous]

Stanford is the toughest to get in without hooks, followed by Harvard. If your kids get in one of these 2 schools without hooks than you should be really, really proud. They are competing for few hundred remaining spots with a ton of exceptional kids from all over the world.

[Anonymous]

What time are they released?

[Anonymous]

Ivies still prioritize legacies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivies still prioritize legacies?

The Ivies will always prioritize legacies. They are the ones that came up with the concept (in order to keep out jews and catholics). I have a lot of respect for JHU, MIT, Amherst, Pomona and other schools that have decided not to give consideration to legacies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies still prioritize legacies?

The Ivies will always prioritize legacies. They are the ones that came up with the concept (in order to keep out jews and catholics). I have a lot of respect for JHU, MIT, Amherst, Pomona and other schools that have decided not to give consideration to legacies.

A pretty cool admissions criteria! Just for that exclusive concept I would go look elsewhere. You don’t have to be in an Ivy to succeed in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stanford is the toughest to get in without hooks, followed by Harvard. If your kids get in one of these 2 schools without hooks than you should be really, really proud. They are competing for few hundred remaining spots with a ton of exceptional kids from all over the world.

Frankly, unhooked RD at any of the 8 is very, very tough. There are still priority candidates in the mix. A true unhooked kid has more like a 2-3% (and not the 4-6%) chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Son got a likely letter from Columbia and I'm wondering if that will FOR SURE translate into an acceptance today. I hope so! I've encouraged him not to count is as a done deal until he hears today.

Yes, a likely letter is 99+% a yes. Columbia is an amazing school (my DS is a current student).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stanford is the toughest to get in without hooks, followed by Harvard. If your kids get in one of these 2 schools without hooks than you should be really, really proud. They are competing for few hundred remaining spots with a ton of exceptional kids from all over the world.

Frankly, unhooked RD at any of the 8 is very, very tough. There are still priority candidates in the mix. A true unhooked kid has more like a 2-3% (and not the 4-6%) chance.

Exactly, any unhooked getting in RD is a heck of an accomplishment for any of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Son got a likely letter from Columbia and I'm wondering if that will FOR SURE translate into an acceptance today. I hope so! I've encouraged him not to count is as a done deal until he hears today.

Yes, a likely letter is 99+% a yes. Columbia is an amazing school (my DS is a current student).

Thank you! (and I like to hear that your kid loves the school!!)